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Fund the 2020 Great Seattle Fruit Harvest

This is a big week for us at City Fruit. Did you know that it’s National Volunteer Week? We love our amazing volunteers who help maintain Seattle’s public orchards!Continue reading “Fund the 2020 Great Seattle Fruit Harvest”

2019 City Fruit Annual Report

2019 was certainly a great year for City Fruit, especially in the ways we helped our community. The essential work that City Fruit carries out for the community is made possibleContinue reading “2019 City Fruit Annual Report”

Toilet Paper, Fruit Trees, and Local Resilience

By Laura Skelton, Interim Executive Director If you’ve been to the store in the past few weeks, you’ve surely noticed the shortage of toilet paper. For me, this isContinue reading “Toilet Paper, Fruit Trees, and Local Resilience”

City Fruits Mission During This Crisis

Dear City Fruit members, volunteers, and supporters: First and foremost, we hope you and your loved ones are healthy and safe during this unprecedented time of crisis with theContinue reading “City Fruits Mission During This Crisis”

A new year, a new decade, and a new chapter for City Fruit

Earlier this month, we said goodbye to Carrie Ferrence, our fearless leader and City Fruit Executive Director for the last 3 years. We are immensely grateful for her leadership, perseverance, andContinue reading “A new year, a new decade, and a new chapter for City Fruit”

End of Year Giving – your gift is a reminder that fruit builds community!

We invited Hannah Kennedy from our new community partner Neighborhood Cooking Project to share her perspectives on the importance of sharing food at this year’s City Fruit Celebrates back inContinue reading “End of Year Giving – your gift is a reminder that fruit builds community!”

End of Year Giving – your gift is a reminder that what we need is here!

Claire West was another community partner guest speaker at City Fruit Celebrates this fall. Claire is from ROAR – Roots of All Roads, a non-profit mobile farm stand who buys fruit fromContinue reading “End of Year Giving – your gift is a reminder that what we need is here!”

Meet the winners of the very first City Fruit Green Ribbon Awards!

And the City Fruit Green Ribbon Awards go to… As another year is coming to an end, our team has been reminiscing about another fruitful season we had, andContinue reading “Meet the winners of the very first City Fruit Green Ribbon Awards!”

It’s a wrap! Reflections from the 2019 Great Seattle Fruit Harvest

The 2019 Great Seattle Fruit Harvest is (almost) in the books (unless someone has more late season fruit – kiwis or persimmons, anyone?)! It has been another busy, fun-filled,Continue reading “It’s a wrap! Reflections from the 2019 Great Seattle Fruit Harvest”

Meet our community partners!

The 2019 Great Seattle Fruit Harvest is all but done (we’re still waiting for you, persimmons!). As the chill in the air becomes more and more intense signaling the changingContinue reading “Meet our community partners!”